4/17/2008

Hello! I hope the vacation went fabulously. I am doing well, super excited to leave in 11 days! Wahoo!

Well, I don't have a tone of time but I thought I would say that this past week was pretty good. My roommates for how crazy they are super early in the morning, they are really hilarious every other moment. They are funny sisters. So, I am officially a solo sister now, my companion left yesterday morning for Salt Lake, you should go see if you can track her down, maybe dad could pretend to be deaf and request an ASL tour guide, that would highten your chances of finding her. (to 1 in 3 instead of 1 in 150).

Next Monday the English sisters will leave and I will be completely alone in the Zone until Wednesday then we get two new sisters... but they are deaf.... so I don't really know how communication will go in that respect. But it should be interesting.

So, Sunday Sister Thompson of the General Relief Society Presidency came and talked to all the sisters for our relief society class. It was awsome, she is hilarious, she told us crazy stories from her mission to Germany! It was great. I think that is one thing I will miss for sure about the MTC, there is always someone cool from the church here. Also Tuesday we had Bishop Edgley (I think thats his name, or something like it.) from the presiding bishopric came, which was awsome as well. He talked to us about using the Spirit to teach, because with out it we are nothing.

I am so so glad I am on a mission. I haven't even gotten to the mission part of my mission but I already feel like I've grown a ton from all the things I have learned. The person I was before the mission feels really long ago, in a good way. The Church is so ridiculously true!

Love you all!
Sora Nicole Shepard